ACTIVITIES
1. Let’s find out how much we have understood:
a) What is meant by the word ‘profession’?
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b) Where is Dhunu from?
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c) Who made the film Village Rockstars?
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d) What was the name of Dhunu’s brother?
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e) Why did the village women often scold Dhunu?
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f) What did Dhunu’s mother tell the women who scolded her daughter?
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g) What did Dhunu decide to do after meeting the musicians at a local event?
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h) What plan did Dhunu propose after she realized that she could not afford to buy a guitar?
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i) Why did Dhunu start doing odd jobs around the village?
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j) “But Dhunu believes that if you really want something and work towards it, you can achieve it.”- What does this line tell you about Dhunu’s character?
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j) “But Dhunu believes that if you really want something and work towards it, you can achieve it.”- What does this line tell you about Dhunu’s character?
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2. Given below is the summary of a part of the lesson ‘Dhunu’s Guitar’. There is some wrong information in it. Underline the wrong information, make corrections and rewrite the summary.
‘ Dhunu ‘ s Guitar’ is the story of a young eleven-year-old girl who lives in Kalardiya village with her mother. They are quite well off. Dhunu has a pet monkey who she loves to spend time with. One day, Dhunu and her friends come across some cricketers playing at a local event. She is fascinated by the band and their musical instruments, especially the guitar. She dreams of owning one herself, and forming her own dance band with her friends someday. But she is too poor to own a guitar. So, she and her friends make clay guitars and play on them.
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3. In the lesson we have read that Dhunu faced many difficulties in life because she was poor. Still she never gave up hope and faced life cheerfully and bravely. Write down a few adjectives to describe Dhunu’s character and complete the word web given below. You can add more arrows in the web if you ,wish.
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4. Here are some things you have learnt from the lesson. Complete the web with the information. One is done for you:
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5. We have found in the lesson that Dhunu met by chance a group of boys practising music for a local event. Dhunu was very happy to see the musicians. You know that a person who plays music is a musician. Do you know the names of other professions? Fill in the blanks below with an appropriate words:
a) a person who repairs shoes:
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b) a person who repairs water pipes:
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c) a person who operates the controls of an aircraft, especially as a job:
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(d) a person whose job is to take care of people’s teeth:
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e) a person who makes, repairs of sells articles made of gold:
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f) a person who can do magic tricks:
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g) a person whose job is to cut men’s hair and sometime to shave them:
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h) a person who takes care of gardens:
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6. Now fill in the blanks using the correct possessive form.
(a) This is Dhunu. The tea stall belongs to her mother. The tea stall belongs to mother.
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(b) She even does jobs normally done by a man. She does _______ jobs.
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( c) Bhaskar is a friend of Dhunu. Dhunu is friend.
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( d) The cars belong to the director. They are the cars.
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( e) They made four Styrofoam cut-out guitars. The _______colours are red.
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7. Now choose the right phrases and idioms to complete the following sentences. Remember to write them in the appropriate tense forms:
(i) Dhunu ‘s mother _______ by selling snacks at local events.
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(ii) When the monsoon months begin, the fun of the children is ________.
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(iii) In spite of the difficulties Dhunu and her mother face, life must ________.
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(iv) Though Dhunu knows she cannot afford a guitar, she doesn’t hope.
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(v) · Dhunu was worried that the bamboo post where she had saved money to buy a guitar might have been by the flood.
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(vi) Dhunu accepts her destiny bravely instead of _________ it.
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9. Rewrite the following sentences in their passive forms:
ii) The monsoon months cut short the children’s fun.
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iii) Dhunu and her friends made Styrofoam guitars.
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iv) Dhunu accepted her destiny.
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v) Dhunu and Bhaskar rescued their belongings.
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vi) The women of the village often scold Dhunu.
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10. (c) Look at the complex sentences given below. Underline the subordinate clauses and say whether they are adjective clauses or adverb clauses-
(i) If it rains, we won’t have the match.
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(ii) I have read the books that are on the shelf.
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(iii) He creates problems wherever he goes.
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(iv) She hasn’t written to me since she left the place.
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(v) She is absent because she is ill.
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